Finding Ways to Measure the
Complexity of an API Design

ASC 2021, Stephen Mizell

Hi, I'm Stephen Mizell

I've worked in the API world since around 2014. I started working at Apiary building API design and collaboration tools. I left there for Autodesk where I built APIs and helped them with their internal API standards. After that, I worked at SmartBear on SwaggerHub, another API design and collaboration tool, working as a Director of Product Management for their API design and workflow features. I now work as a consultant for interesting API companies like Superface and Optic.

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Presentation

Introduction
How complexity works
Complexity in schemas
References and complexity
Understanding our resource relationships
Gathering metrics
Closing